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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1] It also includes a list of nicknames of current Major League teams. Sports journalists, broadcasters and fans commonly refer to teams by a wide variety of nicknames. Many of the names are so established that newspapers routinely use the names in headlines.
Player | Career | Nickname | Team Inducted As | Ref |
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Henry Louis Aaron | 1954–1976 | "Hammer", "Hammerin' Hank" or "Bad Henry" | Milwaukee Braves | [2] |
Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1911–1930 | "Old Pete" | Philadelphia Phillies | [2] |
Roberto Alomar Velazquez | 1988–2004 | "Robbie" | Toronto Blue Jays | |
Walter Alston | 1954–1976 | "Smokey", or "The Quiet Man" | Los Angeles Dodgers | [2] |
George Anderson | 1970–1995 | "Sparky" or "Captain Hook" | Cincinnati Reds | [2] |
Adrian Anson | 1871–1897 | "Cap", "Pop", "Uncle" or "Captain" | Chicago White Stockings | [2] |
Luis Aparicio | 1956–1973 | "Little Louie" | Chicago White Sox | [2] |
Luke Appling | 1930–1950 | "Old Aches & Pains", "Luscious Luke", "Fumblefoot" or "Kid Boots" | Chicago White Sox | [3] |
Richie Ashburn | 1948–1962 | "Putt-Putt", "Whitey", or "The Tilden Flash" | Philadelphia Phillies | [2] |
Earl Averill | 1929–1941 | "Rock" or "Earl of Snohomish" | Cleveland Indians | [2] |
Frank Baker | 1908–1922 | "Home Run" | Philadelphia Athletics | [2] |
Dave Bancroft | 1915–1930 | "Beauty" | Philadelphia Phillies | [2] |
Ernie Banks | 1953–1971 | "Mr. Cub" | Chicago Cubs | [2] |
Jake Beckley | 1888–1907 | "Eagle Eye" | Pittsburgh Pirates | [2] |
James Bell | 1922–1938, 1942, 1947–1950 | "Cool Papa" | St. Louis Stars | [2] |
Johnny Bench | 1967–1983 | "Little General" | Cincinnati Reds | [2] |
Charles Bender | 1903–1925 | "Chief" | Philadelphia Athletics | [2] |
Lawrence Peter Berra | 1946–1965 | "Yogi" | New York Yankees | [2] |
Wade Boggs | 1982–1999 | "Chicken Man" | Boston Red Sox | [2] |
Jim Bottomley | 1922–1937 | "Sunny Jim" | St. Louis Cardinals | [2] |
Roger Bresnahan | 1897–1915 | "The Duke of Tralee" | New York Giants | [2] |
Lou Brock | 1961–1979 | "The Franchise" | St. Louis Cardinals | [4] |
Dan Brouthers | 1879–1896 | "Big Dan" or "Alderman" | Buffalo Bisons | [2] |
Mordecai Brown | 1903–1916 | "Three Finger" or "Miner" | Chicago Cubs | [2] |
Jesse Burkett | 1890–1905 | "Crab" | Cleveland Spiders | |
Roy Campanella | 1948–1957 | "Campy" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Max Carey | 1910–1929 | "Scoops" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Steve Carlton | 1965–1988 | "Lefty" | Philadelphia Phillies | |
Gary Carter | 1974–1992 | "The Kid" | Montreal Expos | |
Orlando Cepeda | 1958–1974 | "Baby Bull" or "Cha Cha" | San Francisco Giants | |
Frank Chance | 1898–1914 | "Husk", "The Peerless Leader" and part of "Tinker to Evers to Chance" | Chicago Cubs | |
Albert Chandler | 1945–1951 | "Happy" | N/A | |
Jack Chesbro | 1899–1909 | "Happy Jack" | New York Yankees | [5] |
Fred Clarke | 1897–1915 | "Cap" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Roberto Clemente | 1955–1972 | "Arriba" or "Bob" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Ty Cobb | 1905–1928 | "The Georgia Peach" | Detroit Tigers | |
Mickey Cochrane | 1925–1937 | "Black Mike" or "Mickey" | Detroit Tigers | |
Eddie Collins | 1906–1930 | "Cocky" | Philadelphia Athletics | |
Earle Combs | 1924–1935 | "The Kentucky Colonel" | New York Yankees | |
Charlie Comiskey | 1882–1894 | "Commy" or "The Old Roman" | N/A | |
John Conlan | 1941–1965 | "Jocko" | N/A | |
Stan Coveleski | 1912–1928 | "Covey" | Cleveland Indians | |
Sam Crawford | 1899–1917 | "Wahoo Sam" | Detroit Tigers | |
William Cummings | 1872–1877 | "Candy" | Hartford Dark Blues | |
Kiki Cuyler | 1921–1938 | "Kiki" or "Cuy" | Chicago Cubs | |
Jay Dean | 1930–1941 | "Diz", "Dizzy" or "The Great Man" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Ed Delahanty | 1888–1903 | "Big Ed" | Philadelphia Phillies | |
Joe DiMaggio | 1936–1951 | "The Yankee Clipper" or "Joltin Joe" | New York Yankees | |
Don Drysdale | 1956–1969 | "Big D" | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Hugh Duffy | 1888–1906 | "Sir Hugh" | Boston Beaneaters | |
Leo Durocher | 1925–1973 | "The Lip" or "Lippy" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Dennis Eckersley | 1975–1998 | "The Eck" | Oakland Athletics | |
Johnny Evers | 1902–1929 | "The Crab", "Trojan" and part of "Tinker to Evers to Chance" | Chicago Cubs | |
Buck Ewing | 1880–1897 | "Buck" | New York Gothams | |
Red Faber | 1914–1933 | "Red" | Chicago White Sox | |
Bob Feller | 1936–1956 | "Rapid Robert" or "The Heater From Van Meter" | Cleveland Indians | |
Rollie Fingers | 1968–1985 | "Rollie" | Oakland Athletics | |
Carlton Fisk | 1969–1993 | "Pudge" | Boston Red Sox | |
Whitey Ford | 1950–1967 | "Whitey", "The Chairman of the Board", or "Slick" | New York Yankees | |
Rube Foster | 1902–1926 | "Rube" | Chicago American Giants | |
Nellie Fox | 1947–1965 | "Nellie", "Little Nel", or "The Mighty Mite" | Chicago White Sox | |
Jimmie Foxx | 1925–1945 | "Beast" or "Double X" | Boston Red Sox | |
Frankie Frisch | 1919–1937 | "The Fordham Flash" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Pud Galvin | 1875–1892 | "Pud", "Gentle Jeems", or "The Little Steam Engine" | Buffalo Bisons | |
Lou Gehrig | 1923–1939 | "The Iron Horse" or "Buster" or "Biscuit Pants" | New York Yankees | |
Charlie Gehringer | 1924–1942 | "The Mechanical Man" and one of Detroit's "G-Men" | Detroit Tigers | |
Bob Gibson | 1959–1975 | "Hoot" or "Gibby" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Lefty Gomez | 1930–1943 | "Lefty" or "Goofy" | New York Yankees | |
Goose Goslin | 1921–1938 | "Goose" and one of Detroit's "G-Men" | Washington Senators | |
Rich Gossage | 1972–1994 | "Goose" | New York Yankees | |
Hank Greenberg | 1930–1947 | "Hammerin' Hank" and one of Detroit's "G-Men" | Detroit Tigers | |
Clark Griffith | 1901–1920 | "The Old Fox" | N/A | |
Burleigh Grimes | 1916–1934 | "Ol' Stubblebeard" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Lefty Grove | 1925–1941 | "Lefty" | Boston Red Sox | |
Vladimir Guerrero | 1996–2011 | "Super Vlad", "Vlad the Impaler" or "Big Daddy Vladdy" | Anaheim Angels | |
Tony Gwynn | 1982–2001 | "Captain Video" or "Mr. Padre" | San Diego Padres | |
Chick Hafey | 1924–1937 | "Chick" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Jesse Haines | 1918–1937 | "Pop" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Billy Hamilton | 1888–1901 | "Sliding Billy" | Boston Beaneaters | |
Ned Hanlon | 1880–1907 | "Ned" | Baltimore Orioles (NL) | |
Bucky Harris | 1919–1956 | "Bucky" | Washington Senators | |
Gabby Hartnett | 1922–1941 | "Gabby" or "Old Tomato Face" | Chicago Cubs | |
Harry Heilmann | 1914–1932 | "Slug" | Detroit Tigers | |
Harry Hooper | 1909–1925 | "Hoop" | Boston Red Sox | |
Rogers Hornsby | 1915–1937 | "Rajah" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Waite Hoyt | 1918–1938 | "Schoolboy" | New York Yankees | |
Carl Hubbell | 1928–1943 | "King Carl" or "The Meal Ticket" | New York Giants | |
Catfish Hunter | 1965–1979 | "Catfish" | N/A | |
Monte Irvin | 1949–1956 | "Mr. Murder" | Newark Eagles | |
Reggie Jackson | 1967–1987 | "Mr. October" | New York Yankees | |
Travis Jackson | 1922–1936 | "Stonewall" | New York Giants | |
Ferguson Jenkins | 1965–1983 | "Fly" or "Fergie" | Chicago Cubs | |
Hughie Jennings | 1891–1924 | "Ee-Yah" | Baltimore Orioles (NL) | |
Bancroft Johnson | 1900–1927 | "Ban" | N/A | |
Walter Johnson | 1907–1927 | "The Big Train" or "Barney" | Washington Senators | |
Al Kaline | 1953–1974 | "Salty", "Line", or "Mr. Tiger" | Detroit Tigers | |
Tim Keefe | 1880–1893 | "Smiling Tim" or "Sir Timothy" | New York Giants | |
Willie Keeler | 1892–1910 | "Wee Willie" or "Hit 'Em Where They Ain't" | New York Highlanders | |
George Kelly | 1915–1932 | "Highpockets" | New York Giants | |
King Kelly | 1878–1893 | "Honest Joe" or "King" | Chicago White Stockings | |
Harmon Killebrew | 1954–1975 | "Killer" | Minnesota Twins | |
Chuck Klein | 1928–1944 | "The Hoosier Hammerer" | Philadelphia Phillies | |
Sandy Koufax | 1955–1966 | "The Left Arm of God", "Dandy Sandy" | Los Angeles Dodgers | [6] |
Nap Lajoie | 1896–1916 | "Larry" or "Poli" or "Nap" | Cleveland Indians | |
Tony Lazzeri | 1926–1939 | "Poosh 'Em Up Tony" | New York Yankees | |
Buck Leonard | 1933–1950 | "Buck" | Homestead Grays | |
Freddie Lindstrom | 1924–1936 | "Lindy" | New York Giants | |
John Henry Lloyd | 1906–1932 | "Pop" | New York Lincoln Giants | |
Ernie Lombardi | 1931–1947 | "Bocci" or "Schnozz" | Cincinnati Reds | |
Ted Lyons | 1923–1946 | "Sunday Teddy" | Chicago White Sox | |
Connie Mack | 1894–1950 | "Connie", "Mr. Baseball", or "The Tall Tactician" | Philadelphia Athletics | |
Greg Maddux | 1986–2008 | "Mad Dog" or "The Professor" | N/A | |
Mickey Mantle | 1951–1968 | "The Mick", "The Commerce Comet", or "Muscles" | New York Yankees | |
Heinie Manush | 1923–1939 | "Heinie" | Washington Senators | |
Rabbit Maranville | 1912–1935 | "Rabbit" | Boston Braves | |
Juan Marichal | 1960–1975 | "Manito", "Mar", or "The Dominican Dandy" | San Francisco Giants | |
Rube Marquard | 1908–1925 | "Rube" | New York Giants | |
Christy Mathewson | 1900–1916 | "Big Six", "Matty", or "The Christian Gentleman" | New York Giants | |
Willie Mays | 1951–1973 | "The Say Hey Kid" | San Francisco Giants | |
Bill Mazeroski | 1956–1972 | "Maz" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Joe McCarthy | 1926–1950 | "Marse Joe" | New York Yankees | |
Willie McCovey | 1959–1980 | "Stretch", "Mac", or "Big Mac" | San Francisco Giants | |
Joe McGinnity | 1899–1908 | "Iron Man" | New York Giants | |
Bill McGowan | 1925–1954 | "Little Joe Chest" | N/A | |
John McGraw | 1899–1932 | "Little Napoleon" or "Mugsy" | New York Giants | |
Bid McPhee | 1882–1899 | "Bid" | Cincinnati Red Stockings | |
Joe Medwick | 1932–1948 | "Ducky" or "Ducky Wucky" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Johnny Mize | 1936–1953 | "The Big Cat" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Paul Molitor | 1978–1998 | "The Ignitor" or "Molly" | Milwaukee Brewers | |
Joe Morgan | 1963–1984 | "Little Joe" | Cincinnati Reds | |
Eddie Murray | 1977–1997 | "Steady Eddie" | Baltimore Orioles | |
Stan Musial | 1941–1963 | "Stan the Man" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Hal Newhouser | 1939–1955 | "Prince Hal" | Detroit Tigers | |
Kid Nichols | 1890–1906 | "Kid" | Boston Beaneaters | |
Phil Niekro | 1964–1987 | "Knucksie" | Atlanta Braves | |
Jim O'Rourke | 1872–1904 | "Orator Jim" | New York Giants | |
Mel Ott | 1926–1947 | "Master Melvin" | New York Giants | |
Satchel Paige | 1948–1953 | "Satchel" | Kansas City Monarchs | |
Jim Palmer | 1965–1984 | "Cakes" | Baltimore Orioles | |
Herb Pennock | 1912–1934 | "The Knight of Kennett Square" | New York Yankees | |
Kirby Puckett | 1984–1995 | "Puck" | Minnesota Twins | |
Charles Radbourn | 1881–1891 | "Old Hoss" | Providence Grays | |
Pee Wee Reese | 1940–1958 | "Pee Wee" or "The Little Colonel" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Branch Rickey | 1905–1907, 1913–1925 | "The Mahatma" | N/A | |
Cal Ripken Jr. | 1981–2001 | "Iron Man" | Baltimore Orioles | |
Eppa Rixey | 1912–1933 | "Jeptha" | Cincinnati Reds | |
Phil Rizzuto | 1941–1956 | "Scooter" | New York Yankees | |
Brooks Robinson | 1955–1977 | "Hoover" or "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" | Baltimore Orioles | |
Bullet Rogan | 1917, 1920–1938 | "Bullet" | Kansas City Monarchs | |
Red Ruffing | 1924–1947 | "Red" | New York Yankees | |
Amos Rusie | 1889–1901 | "The Hoosier Thunderbolt" | New York Giants | |
Babe Ruth | 1914–1935 | "Babe", "The Bambino", "Sultan of Swat" or "Colossus of Clout" | New York Yankees | [7] |
Nolan Ryan | 1966–1993 | "The Ryan Express" | Texas Rangers | |
Ryne Sandberg | 1981–1997 | "Ryno" | Chicago Cubs | |
Ray Schalk | 1912–1929 | "Cracker" | Chicago White Sox | |
Mike Schmidt | 1972–1989 | "Schmidty" | Philadelphia Phillies | |
Tom Seaver | 1967–1986 | "Tom Terrific" or "The Franchise" | New York Mets | |
Al Simmons | 1924–1944 | "Bucketfoot Al" | Philadelphia Athletics | |
George Sisler | 1915–1930 | "Gorgeous George" | St. Louis Browns | |
Enos Slaughter | 1938–1959 | "Country" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Ozzie Smith | 1978–1996 | "The Wizard of Oz" or "The Wizard" | St. Louis Cardinals | |
Duke Snider | 1947–1964 | "The Silver Fox" of "Duke" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Tris Speaker | 1907–1928 | "Tris", "The Grey Eagle" or "Spoke" | Cleveland Indians | |
Willie Stargell | 1962–1982 | "Pops" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Turkey Stearnes | 1920–1942, 1945 | "Turkey" | Detroit Stars | |
Casey Stengel | 1912–1925, 1934–1965 | "Casey" and "The Ol' Perfessor" | New York Yankees | |
Don Sutton | 1966–1988 | "Black & Decker" | Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Bill Terry | 1923–1936 | "Memphis Bill" | New York Giants | |
Frank Thomas | 1990–2008 | "The Big Hurt" | Chicago White Sox | |
Sam Thompson | 1885–1898 | "Big Sam" | Philadelphia Phillies | |
Pie Traynor | 1920–1937 | "Pie" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Dazzy Vance | 1915–1935 | "Dazzy" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Arky Vaughan | 1932–1948 | "Arky" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Rube Waddell | 1897–1910 | "Rube" | Philadelphia Athletics | |
Honus Wagner | 1897–1917 | "The Flying Dutchman" or "Honus" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Lloyd Waner | 1927–1945 | "Little Poison" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Paul Waner | 1926–1945 | "Big Poison" | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Earl Weaver | 1968–1986 | "Doodles" | Baltimore Orioles | |
Willie Wells | 1923, 1924–1936, 1942, 1944–1948 | "Devil" | St. Louis Stars | |
Zack Wheat | 1909–1927 | "Buck" | Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Billy Williams | 1959–1976 | "Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler" | Chicago Cubs | |
Hack Wilson | 1923–1934 | "Hack" | Chicago Cubs | |
Cyclone Joe Williams | 1910–1932 | "Smokey Joe" or "Cyclone" | New York Lincoln Giants | |
Ted Williams | 1939–1960 | "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "Thumper", or "Kid" | Boston Red Sox | |
Dave Winfield | 1973–1995 | "Winny" or the derogatory "Mr. May" | San Diego Padres [8] [9] | |
Early Wynn | 1939–1963 | "Gus" | Cleveland Indians | |
Carl Yastrzemski | 1961–1983 | "Yaz" | Boston Red Sox | |
Denton True Young | 1890–1911 | "Cy" or "Cyclone" | Cleveland Spiders | |
Ross Youngs | 1917–1926 | "Pep" | New York Giants | |
Ken Griffey Jr. | 1989–2010 | "The Kid" | Seattle Mariners | |
John Jordan O'Neil | 1939–1955 | "Buck" or “Nancy” | Kansas City Monarchs (Negro leagues) [10] |
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